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'Global' Ultrasonic Power Supplies Boast 'World First' Innovations
Branson Ultrasonics Corp., Danbury, Conn., has just introduced its first “global” series of ultrasonic welding power supplies for automated assembly systems, which are said to incorporate several “first-in-the-world” capabilities.
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On-Site: Custom Molder Pursues the Dream of Proprietary Products
“Every custom molder thinks he needs a proprietary product,” says John Currier, president and co-owner of the injection molding firm his father founded, Currier Plastics in upstate Auburn, N.Y.
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Modular Conveyor Boosts Productivity and Profits for Toothbrush Manufacturer
Automation in plastics processing can involve sophisticated, high-tech manufacturing cells specialized for a particular application (see NPE feature this month ). Or it can involve much simpler, off-the-shelf solutions that offer the user flexibility to configure—and reconfigure—an automation system according to the job and plant layout.
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More Hydraulic Presses Get Energy-Saving Servo Drives
Injection molders who want to save energy costs have a growing number of alternatives.
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Benchmarking Simulation Software: How One Molder Did It
Injection mold simulation has become a standard tool for molders and mold designers.
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News in Auxiliaries & Tooling at Fakuma Show
Late last month, Friedrichshafen, Germany, hosted Fakuma 2011, the largest European plastics show of the year, growing to be second in size and importance to the K show in Dusseldorf.
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Do Flow Simulation 'in the Cloud'
Autodesk Inc., San Rafael, Calif., has just made available a new version of its Moldflow Insight software that takes time-consuming meshing and analysis functions off your desktop and performs them at a remote data center accessed via the Internet.
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Custom Molding Levels Off
Our midyear survey of custom injection molders showed hourly rates still rising, despite a leveling off of the recovery.
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Mold Maintenance Training Eases Molder's Growing Pains
Automation Plastics in Aurora, Ohio (automationplastics.com), is a 32-year-old custom injection molder with 50,500 ft² and 30 presses from 35 to 700 tons.
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Extrusion & Injection Molding in One Automated Process
A large German manufacturer of hoses, cable ducts, and other extruded automotive components recently expanded its activities into the white-goods appliance sector.
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Novel Molds & Machinery for Medical Molding
The combined MD&M East and Plastec East shows in N.Y.C. in June presented intriguing developments for medical injection molders.
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